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Barack Obama: It unleashed a spirit of hope and joy and opened the door to unprecedented freedom throughout the European Continent and…

On the recordOctober 1, 2010
It unleashed a spirit of hope and joy and opened the door to unprecedented freedom throughout the European Continent and around the world.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Statement on the 20th Anniversary of the Reunification of East and West Germany

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